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Posted on 06/03/2014 10:11:38 AM PDT by Gamecock
Pastor Joel Osteen opposes gay marriage, but he doesn’t want his Christian ministry defined by his stance on the contentious social issue.
When asked by HuffPost Live host Marc Lamont Hill whether gay marriage is “against the rules,” Osteen, pastor at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, said he believes it is.
But the famed preacher offered an important caveat.
“It would be … but I don’t really focus on a lot of those things,” Osteen said. “I try to stay in my lane of what I feel called to do. [The topic] does come up in interviews and things … that’s not my core message.”
Osteen explained that his core message is helping people let go of their pasts, reach their dreams, have a healthy self-image and raise good children. While homosexuality is part of addressing life issues, the pastor said he doesn’t want to be defined by his views on the issue.
“Everybody’s welcome, but my take on it is, you know, it’s easy to make one issue — to become known for that or to let it side track your message,” he said. “If you look at our congregation .. we all have issues, everybody’s on a journey.”
Let's not get bogged down with issues like sin, redemption, Jesus, etc.
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In other words, just like any other run-of-the-mill motivational speaker.
Straight up heretic. When he whiffed on the Gospel during the Larry King interview, that told me everything I needed to know about him.
Here's how Osteen looks in my "Vision"..............
The Apostle Paul wrote the Epistle of Galatians( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_the_Galatians) to warn the early Church/Christians about Apostates like Osteen.
And, yes, old Joel should be as fat as that sheep - from gorging himself on the paychecks of the gullible sheep that he daily deceives.
Rule #1 for the post-modern church: NO BAD NEWS!
**Rule #1 for the post-modern church: NO BAD NEWS!**
Whichj means no good news either.
Nailed it.
More like chicken in mine.
“Gays buy books, too.”
[The topic] does come up in interviews and things …
They're probing to find someone who will.
I like Phil Robertson more everyday.
Everybody is on a journey? To the bank? Where are they going?
What a pusbag.
Joel isn’t interested in what Paul told Timothy:
We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. We also know that the law is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for the sexually immoral, for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
Why get bogged down in the BIBLE, right, Joel??
Joel, why don’t you grow up and act like a real Christian.
I wouldn’t buy a used car from the guy.
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